archiveJuly 2021

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted First City Monument Bank (FCMB)$50 million credit facility to enable women empowered businesses and local enterprises involved in agribusiness, manufacturing, health care, and renewable energy have access to long term funding. The $50 million credit line will narrow the lending gap to underserved...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has assured that the ongoing 614kilometres Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project would be delivered on schedule, create prosperity through massive job opportunities and guarantee peace for the country. A statement by the Group General Manager, Group...

West Examinations Council (WAEC) says late registration of candidates by schools, for its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), would no longer be allowed, beginning from 2022. The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Friday urged the Federal Government to avert a food crisis in Nigeria. Atiku, who made the call in a statement titled: “Let Us Address this Looming Food Crisis before It becomes a calamity, said his advice was a response to recent warning by the...

says don’t distance yourselves from grandparents, elderly cos of COVID - 19 condemns lavish funerals by Nigerians The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama has said that the escalation in the prices of foodstuff was also biting hard in his home. He also called on Nigerians not to distance...

Olusegun Falola, one of the nine lawyers to Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho) has stated that the activist may be killed if the Beninese court decides to free him at this moment when there is still tension between the Nigerian government and its Benin Republic counterpart. Falola noted that...

 The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, has decried low revenue contributions from the solid minerals sector to the economy.Orji made this known in a statement signed by Obiageli Onuorah, NEITI Head, Communications and Advocacy. He spoke while playing host to members of the...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that the Federal Government was not aware of any $875 million ammunition deal with the US which is being purportedly obstructed by some lawmakers in the States. Mr. Mohammed stated this while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja....

The Federal Government on Friday unveiled the 2020 Corporate Sustainable Investment Report (CSIR), aimed at providing key investors with additional information on sustainable investment opportunities in Nigeria. The report, produced by the CSR-in-Action, covers more than 90 companies operating in various sectors of the economy. It also provides comprehensive data...

  Mr Victor Muruako, the Chairman, Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), says fiscal indiscipline in all spheres of governance promotes poverty.He said this on Friday in Abuja at the close of a five-day study visit which began on Monday by members of the Benue State FRC. Muruako who was represented by...